-- Setup -------- drop table T1 purge; create table T1 tablespace USERS as select rownum id, case when rownum<10 then mod(rownum,4) else 999 end col1 from ( select 1 just_a_column from DUAL connect by level <= 20 ) / drop table T2 purge; create table T2 tablespace USERS as select rownum id, case when rownum<25 then mod(rownum,10) else 999 end col1 from ( select 1 just_a_column from DUAL connect by level <= 100 ) / exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,'T1', method_opt=>'for all columns size 1'); exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats(user,'T2', method_opt=>'for all columns size 1'); set lines 250 pages 999 alter system flush shared_pool; drop table Q purge; create table Q as select /*+ GATHER_PLAN_STATISTICS */ T1.ID id1 , T2.ID id2 , T1.COL1 val from T1, T2 where T1.COL1=T2.COL1 / select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(null,null,'ALLSTATS LAST +PEEKED_BINDS +PARALLEL +PARTITION +COST +BYTES')); @stats_col SYS T1 % % % % b s Avg Num Object a e Col Buc Type TableName ColumnName LastAnalyzed l r Size (MB) SampleSize Len NumDistinct NumNulls Density Histogram ket -------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------ - - --------- ---------------- ---- --------------- -------------- ------------------ --------------- ---- TABLE SYS.T1 COL1 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 20 4 5 0 .200000000000000 NONE 1 TABLE SYS.T1 ID 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 20 3 20 0 .050000000000000 NONE 1 SQL> @stats_col SYS T2 % % % % b s Avg Num Object a e Col Buc Type TableName ColumnName LastAnalyzed l r Size (MB) SampleSize Len NumDistinct NumNulls Density Histogram ket -------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------ - - --------- ---------------- ---- --------------- -------------- ------------------ --------------- ---- TABLE SYS.T2 COL1 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 100 4 11 0 .090909090909091 NONE 1 TABLE SYS.T2 ID 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 100 3 100 0 .010000000000000 NONE 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | Starts | E-Rows |E-Bytes| Cost (%CPU)| A-Rows | A-Time | Buffers | Writes | OMem | 1Mem | Used-Mem | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | CREATE TABLE STATEMENT | | 1 | | | 7 (100)| 0 |00:00:00.01 | 25 | 2 | | | | | 1 | LOAD AS SELECT | Q | 1 | | | | 0 |00:00:00.01 | 25 | 2 | 1043K| 1043K| 1043K (0)| |* 2 | HASH JOIN | | 1 | 182 | 2366 | 6 (0)| 861 |00:00:00.01 | 4 | 0 | 2078K| 2078K| 1219K (0)| | 3 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | T1 | 1 | 20 | 120 | 3 (0)| 20 |00:00:00.01 | 2 | 0 | | | | | 4 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | T2 | 1 | 100 | 700 | 3 (0)| 100 |00:00:00.01 | 2 | 0 | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- rows1*rows2/max(distinct1,distinct1) = rows1*rows2*min(density1,density2) SQL> select 20*100*.090909090909091 from dual; 20*100*.090909090909091 ----------------------- 181.818182 alter system flush shared_pool; drop table Q purge; create table Q as select /*+ GATHER_PLAN_STATISTICS LEADING(T2 T1) */ T1.ID id1 , T2.ID id2 , T1.COL1 val from T1, T2 where -- T1.COL1=150 and T1.COL1=T2.COL1 / select * from table(dbms_xplan.display_cursor(null,null,'ALLSTATS LAST +PEEKED_BINDS +PARALLEL +PARTITION +COST +BYTES')); @stats_col SYS T1 % % % % b s Avg Num Object a e Col Buc Type TableName ColumnName LastAnalyzed l r Size (MB) SampleSize Len NumDistinct NumNulls Density Histogram ket -------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------ - - --------- ---------------- ---- --------------- -------------- ------------------ --------------- ---- TABLE SYS.T1 COL1 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 20 4 5 0 .200000000000000 NONE 1 TABLE SYS.T1 ID 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 20 3 20 0 .050000000000000 NONE 1 SQL> @stats_col SYS T2 % % % % b s Avg Num Object a e Col Buc Type TableName ColumnName LastAnalyzed l r Size (MB) SampleSize Len NumDistinct NumNulls Density Histogram ket -------- --------------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------ - - --------- ---------------- ---- --------------- -------------- ------------------ --------------- ---- TABLE SYS.T2 COL1 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 100 4 11 0 .090909090909091 NONE 1 TABLE SYS.T2 ID 11-FEB-23 09:20:04 Y N 0 100 3 100 0 .010000000000000 NONE 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Id | Operation | Name | Starts | E-Rows |E-Bytes| Cost (%CPU)| A-Rows | A-Time | Buffers | Writes | OMem | 1Mem | Used-Mem | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | CREATE TABLE STATEMENT | | 1 | | | 7 (100)| 0 |00:00:00.01 | 24 | 2 | | | | | 1 | LOAD AS SELECT | Q | 1 | | | | 0 |00:00:00.01 | 24 | 2 | 1043K| 1043K| 1043K (0)| |* 2 | HASH JOIN | | 1 | 182 | 2366 | 6 (0)| 861 |00:00:00.01 | 4 | 0 | 2078K| 2078K| 1315K (0)| | 3 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | T2 | 1 | 100 | 700 | 3 (0)| 100 |00:00:00.01 | 2 | 0 | | | | | 4 | TABLE ACCESS FULL | T1 | 1 | 20 | 120 | 3 (0)| 20 |00:00:00.01 | 2 | 0 | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- rows1*rows2/max(distinct1,distinct1) = rows1*rows2*min(density1,density2) SQL> select 100*20*.090909090909091 from dual; 100*20*.090909090909091 ----------------------- 181.818182